BEd Musik, Lehramt Sonderpädagogik (Music teaching) at Paderborn University

Classical music tradition and pop-cultural present, music-education practice and scholarly reflection: focuses are artistic instrumental or vocal practice, ensemble playing and choral conducting, plus foundations in historical and systematic musicology and music education and didactics. Bachelor of Education teaching degree for special needs education (sonderpädagogische Förderung).

Faculty: Art, media, music, textiles; teacher education (Lehramt)  |  Duration: 6 semesters (3 years); 36 of 180 ECTS in the degree  |  Study mode: full-time; German-taught  |  Intake: Summer and winter semesters  |  Location: Paderborn, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany

What you will study

The subject-science study is built from modules combining practical, scholarly and pedagogical content. The 180-credit degree comprises subject content and didactics in language or mathematics basic education (36 credits); subject content and didactics in a teaching subject (36 credits); special-needs focus 1 (33 credits); special-needs focus 2 (39 credits); educational sciences (18 credits); German for pupils with a migration background (6 credits); bachelor's thesis (12 credits). Practical elements are an orientation and aptitude placement of 25 days and a work-field placement of at least four weeks.

Career pathways

The B.Ed. is followed by the M.Ed., which completes the first phase of teacher training and leads into school service; a non-school career is also possible, often after gaining out-of-school experience or a subject-specific master's.

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